ves·ta /ˈvɛstə/
神話女神;小行星名;火柴一種
Ves·ta n.
1. Rom. Myth. One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
2. Astron. An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
3. A wax friction match.
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Vesta
n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose
flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek
Hestia
2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered